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ErnestHemingwaywasnotonlyacommandingfigurein20thcenturyliterature,butwas
alsoapackrat.Hesavedevenhisoldpassportsandusedbulfighttickets,leavingbehindoneof
thelongestpapertrailsofanyauthor.
“ErnestHemingway:BetweenTwoWars”,whichopensonFridayattheMorganLibrary&
Museum,isthefirstmajormuseumexhibitiondevotedtoHemingwayandhisworks.Thelargest
andmostinterestingsectionfocusesonthe1920s,HemingwaysParisyears,andrevealsawriter
wemighthavebeenindangerofforgeting:HemingwaybeforehebecameHemingway.
Theexhibitiondoesnotfailtoincludepicturesofthebearded,manly,Hem.Hesshown
posingwithsomekuduhehasjustshotinAfricaandonthebridgeofhisbelovedfishingboat,
thePilar,withCarlosGutiérez,thefishermanwhobecamethemodelforTheOldManandthe
Sea.Butthefirstphototheviewerseesisabigblowupofahandsome,cleanshaven,19yearold
standingoncrutches.Thisisfromthesummerof1918,whenHemingwaywasrecoveringfrom
woundsattheRedCrosshospitalinMilanandtryingtoturnhiswartimeexperiencesintofiction.
Theevidenceatthisexhibitionsuggeststhat,intheearlydays,heoftenwroteinpencil,
mostlyincheapnotebooksbutsometimesonwhateverpapercametohand.Thefirstdraftofthe
shortstory“SoldiersHome”waswritenonsheetsheappearedtohavesnatchedfromatelegraph
ofice.Theimpressionyougetisofayoungwriterseizedbyinspirationandsometimesbareling
aheadwithoutanentirelyclearsenseofwhereheisgoing.
F.ScotFitzgerald(someofwhoseleterswithHemingwayisalsoonview)famouslyurged
himtocutthefirsttwochaptersofTheSunAlsoRises,complainingaboutthe“elephantine
facetiousness”ofthebeginning,andHemingwayobliged,getingridofaclunkyopeningthat
nowseemsalmost“meta”.In1929,inaninepagepenciledcritique,Fitzgeraldalsosuggested
numerousrevisionsforAFareweltoArms.Hemingwaytooksomeofthese,butlessgraciously,
andsoonafterwardhisfriendshipwithFitzgeraldcametoanend.
ThepapersattheMorganshowaHemingwaywhoisnotalwayssureofhimself.Thereare
runninglistsofstorieshekeptfiddlingwith,andtherearelistsandlistsofpossibletitles,
includingthe45heconsideredfor